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Kämpya: Difference between revisions
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Kämpya has no word meaning "whose". Instead it is necessary to ask "Who has ...?", combined with a relative clause e.g. | Kämpya has no word meaning "whose". Instead it is necessary to ask "Who has ...?", combined with a relative clause e.g. | ||
/dô̰k=zù ˈbíʔ ˈlḭ̂zàd | /dô̰k=zù ˈbíʔ ˈlḭ̂zàd hwéi=ˈhḛ̂b/ | ||
dog=ERG bite lizard Q.ERG=have | dog=ERG bite lizard Q.ERG=have | ||
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or | or | ||
/θú=ˈbíʔ dô̰k ˈlḭ̂zàd=àuŋ | /θú=ˈbíʔ dô̰k ˈlḭ̂zàd=àuŋ hwéi=ˈhḛ̂b/ | ||
ANTIP=bite dog lizard=DAT Q.ERG=have | ANTIP=bite dog lizard=DAT Q.ERG=have | ||
Whose dog bit the lizard? (literally "Who has the dog that bit the lizard?") | Whose dog bit the lizard? (literally "Who has the dog that bit the lizard?") | ||
===Other Interrogatives that modify noun phrases=== | ===Other Interrogatives that modify noun phrases=== | ||